Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts Awardees

A musical prodigy from Sri Lanka who has composed over 1,000 songs for ballets, films, the stage and countless radio and TV programs. His body of work espoused melodious, lyrical, haunting songs of patriotism, beauty, faith, passion, and love, and is uniquely Sri Lankan.

A world-renowned Filipino filmmaker whose sensitive and artistic treatment of often tragic topics has earned international acclaim and won converts for Philippine-language productions among sophisticated theatergoers

An Indian author who creatively and cleverly fused indigenous oral histories with contemporary events to explore the bitter and often bloody relationship between tribal communities and India's domineering classes and systems

A Japanese publisher who champions the plights of marginalized Japanese minorities and immigrant workers, and unmasked troubling accounts of Japan's history of discrimination, exploitation, predatory colonialism and war crimes as an imperial power